Sash-fastener.



No. 836,313. PATENTEB REV. 20, 1906. J. 0. FOX.

SASH FASTENER.

' AIPLIGATIOX FILED D20. an. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed Beeemlssrfifi, 1905 Serial No. 283,962.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES OLLIE Fox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Batesville, in the county of Independence and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Sash-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to sash-fasteners of that type embodyingaslidable bolt, and is primarily designed to provide for the convenientadjustment of the bolt to lock the sash against movement in onedirection and permit move ment in the opposite direction, to hold thebolt entirely retracted for quick movement of the sash in eitherdirection, and to adjust the bolt so as to lock the sash againstmovement in o osite directions. It is also pro osed to enal i e theconvenient assemblage of t e parts of the fastener to house the springthereof in a very simple and inexpensive manner.

With these and other objects in View the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the ac 2 5 companyin drawings, andarticularlypoine ed out in t e a pended c aim it being understood thatcfianges in the orm, proportion, size, and minor details may be made,within the scope of the claim, Without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of theadvantages of t e invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the sash-fastener ofthe present invention applied in its operative position. Fig. 2 3 5 is asectional view of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the case. Fi 5 is adetail perspective view of the bolt.

imilar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The present fastener includes a case 1, which is approximatelysemitubular in shape and provided with a relatively thin rear end wall 2and a relatively thick front end wall 3. The front end of the case isprovided at opposite sides with attaching-ears 4, rovided withcountersunk o enings 5 for e reception of screws or other fastenings tosecure the case in place. The rear wall 2 is pierced by an opening 6,and the front wall 3 is.

pierced by a larger openin 7 in alinement with the opening 6. orkingendwise throu h the opening 6 is a bolt 8, which is three ed at itsforward end, as at 9, and

to this threaded end is attached the bolthead 10, which is provided inits rear end with a threaded socket 11 to receive the threaded end ofthe bolt and thereby detachably connect the bolt and its head. The head19 is referably rectangular in cross section and as its extremitybeveled, as at 12. The rear end of the bolt is bent back u on itself, asat 13, so as to form a returne bow to overlap the exterior of the case 65 when the bolt is at its forward limit and to engage the rear end ofthe case and limit the forward movement of the bolt. The return portion13 of the bolt is provided with an outwardly-directed finger-piece 14,terminating in an enlargement or knob 15, for convenienoe in handlingthe bolt. It will here be explained that the bolt 8, the return-elbow13, and the finger-piece 14 lie in the same lane, and it is proposed tobend these parts em a 7 5 straight cylindrical bar. Vlithin the casethere is a helical spring 16, embracing the bolt, with its rear andbearing against the rear end wall 2 of the case and its front and bearinagainst the rear end of the head of the be t, whereby the bolt isyieldably maintained at its forward limit and is capable of beingretracted against the tension of the spring by pressing roarwardly uponthe fill-l gar-piece 14. The belt is also capable of a rotatableadjustment when it has been retracted, and the exterior of the rearportion of the case is provided with a pair of longitudinal grooves orseats 17 and 18, intersect ing the rear end of the case and designed toreceive one arm of the elbow 13 at the re spective rotatable limits ofthe bolt, thereby to lock the latter against accidental rotation.

In practice the case is secured to a windowsashsuch, for instance, asshown at 19 in 5 Fig. l of the drawings-it being preferred to locate-thefastening at one of the lower corners of the sash, the bolt, of course,being disposed in a horizontal position with its head at the ad 'acentupright edge of the sash. The windowarms 20 is rovided with a verticalseries of seats or soc ets for the reception of the head of the bolt, itbeing preferred to produce such seats bymeans of a flat metal strip 21,suitably secured to the inner edge of 105 the window-frame'and bent atsuitable intervals to form seats or sockets 22, into which the head ofth bolt is designed to be thrust. With the head of the bolt received inthe socket 22, as in Fig. 1, the sash is supported in an elevatedposition, as one of the flat sides of the bolt en ages the lower side ofthe seat or socket. Tie sash is free to be moved upwardly withoutmanipulation of the bolt by reason of the fact that the beveled portion12 is uppermost and will wipe across the upper outer edge of the socket,and thereby force the bolt rearwardly so as to enable the quick openingof the sash. When it is desired to lock the sash against movement ineither direction, the bolt is retracted and then the finger-piece isswung upwardly until it snaps into the seat 18 in the exterior of thecase, whereby the upper and lower flat sides of the bolt will bepresented to the top and bottom of the socket 22 and the sash therebyposi tively locked against movement in either di rection. the sash ineither direction, the bolt is retracted and swung downwardly, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, until thefinger-piece engages the rear extremity of the case, thereby to hold thebolt retracted with its forward end within the ease.

l'Iavin thus described the invention, what is elaime is- A sash-fastenercomprising a case having front and rear openings, there beinglongitudinall disposed grooves within the outer face of t e case at therear end thereof, a bolt working through the openings and having abeveled head, and a handle at the rear end of the bolt and offsettherefrom and overlapping the case, said handle adapted to be seatedwithin any of the grooves to hold the head in a predetermined position.

In testimony t at I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedInv signature in I the presence of two witnesses. To enable the quickmovement of JAMES OLLIE FOX.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. CoNDIT'r, A. F. NASH.

